Aug 3, 2003
A tropical air mass remained in place over eastern New York on August 3. With a strong disturbance over the Great Lakes adding weak lift to a very unstable atmosphere, scattered slow moving showers and thunderstorms erupted during the afternoon hours. Heavy rains in Fulton County produced Doppler radar estimated rainfall of 3 to 4 inches, which took place in about three hours time. As a result of this excessivly heavy rain, roads were washed out in Londonderry. In Perth, County Highway 126 was r
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5375162). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Fulton County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.